Check protector



May 26, 1925. 1,539,061

E. D. SMITH CHECK PROTECTOR Filed Jan. 5, 1925 Patented May 26,. 1925.

UNITED STATES .EDWARD n SMITH,v or Earn; PENNSYLVANIA.

CHECK Pnorrncmon.

f Application ined January 5, 1925. serial No. 609.

To all who/mit may concern: i

Be it known that I, EDWARD D. SMITH,l

a citizen of the United States, residing at Erie, in the county of Erie and State of Pennsylvania, haveinvented a new and useful Check Protector, of which the following isa specification. u

This invention comprises a pencil and check protector, the primary object of the invention being to provide a device of this character which may be conveniently carried in the pocket of the user and one which will efficiently operate as a check protector.

Another object of the invention is to provide a check protector which will be normally encased in the body of the pencil to insure against the ink contained in the pad, forming a part of the protector, soiling the clothes, or hands of the user.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a device of this character which may be stamped from a single sheet of metal, to the end that the cost of manufacture is reduced to the minimum.

Vith the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, may be made within the scope of what is claimed, without ,departing from the spirit of the invention.

Referring to the drawing:

Figure 1 is a side elevational view of a device constructed in accordance with the invention.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional view through the device.

Figure 3 isa transverse sectional view therethrough.

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the check protecting device.

Figure 5 is an enlarged fragmental sectional view through the device.

Referring to the drawing in detail, the reference character 5 indicates the body portion of the device which is hollow and preferably fiat to accommodate the check protector, to be hereinafter more `fully described.

Positioned in one end of the body portion 5 is a pencil receiving member 6 which is of a construction to closely fit within one end of the body portion to permit the device to be' used as a pencilwhen desired. The pencil supported in the member 6 isheld f in the'member 7 and is so designed that it-9 may be replaced yond use.

when it becomes worn beates with the body portion 5 to grip within lthe pocket of the user to hold the device in the pocket.

The check protector forming an important feature of the invention includes a length of sheet metal bent intermediate its ends to provide opposed sections 9 and 10, the section 9 being cut to provide downwardly and inwardly extended flanges 11 arranged on opposite sides thereof, which Hang-es act as supports for the pad and stencil sheet. i

The reference character 12 indicates an ink pad which is of the usual construction and adapted to contain a non-drying ink,

f Forming a part of the pencil receiving` member 6 is a spring finger 8 that cooperfA and as shown, the pad 12 rests on the stencil I sheet 13 which stencil sheet is formed of a length of heavy cloth tape and provided with an embossed outer surface embossed with any predetermined design. Thus it will be seen that the stencil sheet will absorb a certain amount of the ink from the pad 12 to the end that articles touching the embossed surface thereof will be printed with the design outlined by the embossed surface.

The section 10 is formed with a plurality of Spurs indicated at 14 and which are disposed throughout the entire surface of the section so that when a check is positioned thereon and the section 10 is moved to op-V erate the same, the spurs will cut the check at certain points to prevent erasures on the check.

In the use of the device, the check protecting member is withdrawn from its posi-V tion within the body portion 5, whereupon due to the resiliency ofthe metal, the sections 9 and 10 spring outwardly,` or away from each other.

The check, after it has `been properly drawn is placed on the section 10 of the device, whereupon the sections 9 and 10 are brought together, by pressure exerted thereon by the fingers of the user, to the end that the check is printed with the outline of the embossed surface and is simultaneously pierced to prevent erasures without tearing the check.

sheet and perforating sec-tion.

I claim 1. In a check protector, a body portion including a. length of sheet metal bent intermediate its endsk to provide ar supporting section and a perforating section, ianges formed along the edge of the supporting section, said anges having inwardly extended portions, an ink pad and a stencil sheet adapted to ybe supported between the supporting sections and inwardly extended .portions of the ianges, and spurs carried by .the perforating section and adapted to be moved into engagement lwith the stencil sheet to perforate an article positioned between the supporting section and stencil 2. In a check protector, a body portion having a. length of sheet inetal bent intermediate its ends to provide a supporting A'each other, an ink pad and a stencil sheet removably secured to the supporting section, said perforating section having spurs adapted to engage an article engaged between the perforating section and stencil sheet, and means adapted to be positioned over the body portion to hold the perforating section into engagement with thel supporting. section.

In testimony thatvI claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

EDWARD D. SMITH. 

